is a
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...
in
Kōchi,
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...
,
Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1944, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. In April 2011, the school changed its name from and became coeducational.
Organization
The University of Kochi comprises four undergraduate faculties and two graduate schools.
Faculties
*Faculty of Cultural Studies
*Faculty of Nursing
*Faculty of Social Welfare
*Faculty of Nutrition
Graduate schools
*Graduate School of Nursing
*Graduate School of Human Life Sciences
College of Child Development
The opened in April 1975, but the school was founded in 1948 as . It was affiliated with Kochi Women's University, but was located on a separate campus. It became
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
in 1992. It closed in 1998.
[2011 全国短期大学高等専門学校一覧 p.254. (Japanese)]
References
External links
Official website
Official website
Educational institutions established in 1944
Public universities in Japan
Universities and colleges in Kōchi Prefecture
1944 establishments in Japan
Kōchi
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